Crossed Swords (Arcade) 1 Credit Clear (Default Difficulty)
3Crossed Swords 1 Credit Clear Playthrough on Default Difficulty.
This game has been on my mind for a while but only decided to sit down and learn it last week after I came across a review by Basement Brothers. Despite being very difficult, repetitive and often too strict with the way you need to fight enemies, the gameplay is very satisfying once you learn how things work. I like how you strategically need to approach every encounter.
I've had great execution in this run up until the final boss, I messed up the last cycle but managed to miraculously clutch it with a magic pixel health. I lost a couple of runs before to the same BS so I am glad I was able to pull it off this time.
Shoutouts to the following people for their runs which helped me a lot as I was able to pick up different strats: Retro-B, Josh the Funk Doc, Juno, Pasky, XUR.
Played on the MiSTer FPGA (Neo Geo Core).
Streamed live on Twitch (Sep 4, 2024) - / 2242683147
Game Bezel by the Bezel Project: https://github.com/thebezelproject
Time Stamps
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00:00 Introduction
00:19 Chapter 1: Disaster in the Poor Village of Dio
02:13 Boss: Larva Dragon
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02:42 Chapter 2: The Shaken Castle In Pulista
06:51 Boss: Redstil
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07:18 Chapter 3: A Desperate Fight at the Matius Tower
18:06 Boss: Death Masquerader
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18:50 Chapter 4: The Fish Monster of the Gauda Fortress
30:10 Boss: Crab
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30:36 Chapter 5: The Attack of a Land Battleship
40:51 Boss: Bakslay
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41:35 Chapter 6: Entrance to the Devil World
47:32 Boss: Satan Goat
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48:03 Last Chapter: The Devil Castle of Graisia
58:26 Final Boss: Nausizz/Worm Nausizz
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